Sentences with phrase «convicted in federal corruption cases»
While former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate leader Dean Skelos were convicted in federal corruption cases, any correspondence they may have had with those seeking official favors in exchange for gifts and payments weren't obtainable by the press or average citizens under current FOIL rules.
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Berke is a white - collar lawyer who once represented former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik in a federal corruption case in which he was convicted.
Since 2007, Spitzer and then - Comptroller Alan Hevesi resigned in disgrace, former Gov. David Paterson paid a fine to settle an ethics charge, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was convicted of federal corruption charges, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. was accused in corruption charges and several other lawmakers have been charged and investigated in state and federal investigations in an unprecedented string of cases.
The former rainmaker was convicted last month on seven counts in a federal corruption case tied to the Taub referrals and kickbacks from a real estate developer.
The conviction and hefty sentence — the second highest for a state politician convicted of corruption in the past decade — has capped a stellar run of Albany and New York City corruption cases brought by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and federal authorities in Brooklyn.
Former Senator Skelos, left, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, center, leaving Federal District Court in Manhattan this month after being convicted on all counts in the corruption case against them.
The new poll follows a month in which former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos were sentenced to federal prison after they were convicted on corruption charges in separate cases last year.